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Retail shipping hits hyperspeed
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As the dust settles after Amazon Prime Day, well actually 48 hours this time round, retailers are pushing hard to improve their own delivery capabilities. This week we take a look at the competitive landscape of super-speedy shipping and the strains it puts on companies to match growing consumer expectations.
Grocery Retail Ups Its Autonomous Delivery Game. [PYMNTS.com]
Online shopping: Why its unstoppable growth may be coming to an end. [Metro]
America's addiction to absurdly fast shipping has a hidden cost. [CNN]
Asda expands Just Eat partnership for 30min grocery deliveries. [Retail Gazette]
These are the seven retailers at the forefront of China’s New Retail revolution. [Econsultancy]
Carrefour goes for fast home delivery with Glovo deal. [Yahoo! Finance]
Amazon’s Most Ambitious Research Project Is a Convenience Store. [Bloomberg]
Retail Delivery Wars: Smart Strategy Or An Inevitable Race To The Bottom? [Forbes]
Online purchases get ditched due to poor shipping options. [elitebusiness]
FedEx is officially sounding the alarm bells on Amazon after years of laughing off the retail giant's rapidly building package-delivery empire. [Business Insider]
One of the best places to understand how retail logistics is changing will be at the 5th Annual Retail Supply Chain Summit: New York. Keep an eye out for developments as we approach the summit next year.